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TUE CANADIAN STATESMM~', BOWMÂNVILLE, ONTARIO THURSDAY, MAT lUi, 1~ Estabiihed 1854 witb whieb in incorporatud Th»BeowmanrrvUa eNews, T*me wcastle Indep.ndont andlThe Otrieo News 94 Yeais' Continuous Service fo the Tewn of Bowmanville and Durham County Authoriz.d un Second Cia.. Mail, Pott Office D.partment. Ottawa *AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Mombuz Audit Bueau of Circulations Canaditin weekly Newspapers a Association SUESCRIPTION RATES $2.5o a Year, strictly in advance $3.00 a Year in the United Sates Published by THE JAMES PUELISHING COMPANY BowmanvilUO, Ontario GEO. W. JAMES, Editor "None of Us Are Inf allible" To Quote an Old Philosopher The Statesman neyer has laid dlaim to in- fallibilty. In its reporting and in its editorials, not being other thon humait, it sometimes makes errors. Nobody needs-nobody even in 95 years kas needed-to buy and pay for space in this paper to rectif y an error. The Statesman, as everybody knows, always is ready to correct !taserrois, at its own expense. We would not like the faise and curious idea to grow, that to obtain publication in this paper for a re- medial statement it is necessory for the ag- grieved person to have some political candidate buy and donate the space. An editoriai appearing in the Toronto Star, Saturday, indulges in quite a laugh at the editor of The Statesman, who to quote the Star is: "An amiable gentleman whe will no doubt bear up bravely under the joshing he will new encounter." The point brought out was certain figures quoted in error on the number of busi- ness failures in the first quarter, 1949, in Can- ada. We estimated the rate of f ailures as ranging up to 15,000 a year, which, said the Star "wcis evidence that the 'excellent weekly' was so Tory it refuses to support one of the owner-family running as a Liberal." The Statesman, when it erra, does se with- out intent to damage anybody. anybody's ewn business or anybcdy's standing. When as- sailed il usually prints the assauit, whether It be a C.C.F.-trade's union boycott notice, a letter te the editor, a statement or even an advertise- ment-whether metivated politicaily or other- wise. In its approach te the coming electien it wili hommer home the issues; it hopes te disregard the personalities. It la well to bear in mind for the coming days of political disputation the of t quoted words of Hepworth Thompson written bock in 1810: "We are none of us infallible-not even the youngest of us." Probably "the youngest of us" in a journal- istic sense is "The Liberai News," official ergan Issued by the Liberal party. It, too, is not in- fallible. It persists in listing as the Liberal candidate fer Durham County: George James. And nobody seems te be buying advertising tipace te correct it, either, singularly eneugh. As we see it the Toronte Star seized upon the above item with qîce, after we had men- tioned the fact that the Star had sent us its unpaid-letter propaganda in the hope of getting support for its crying campaign te avoid paying succession duties while oldtime farmers and other thrifty Canadions had te pay up and like it. Belatedly the postage was sent on but was returned, amiably, with full understanding of the error. Just as amniabiy we read almest daily the calculated errera in the Star, such os the "Gestapo," "Hydro" and many more in its "Socialist" campaign. "Do Something About It" Do something about il, was the cry of Wil- liam Booth, Founder of The Salvation Army, when he sOw shivering, starving men sleeping on the Tharnes Embankment. And Salvationiats suffering and fustnrtn mjufit 'med Appeal, which opened this week in Bewmon- ville, The Salvation Army asks for funds to help it continue its necessary ministry. Lot us, therefore, quickly and generously, "do smething about it." Socialist Makes "Sinful" Profit As a §ocialist, W. Rosa Thatcher, MP. for Moose law, is continually complaining that pro- fits are sinful. As president of a company operating a hardware store in Moose Jaw, Mr. Thatcher doesn't do badly. According te a credit organization. his sales in 1947 were 18 per cent over 1946. Net worth (accumuiated profits after paying the president's aalary and ether expenses) lncroased by 54 per cent. And net current assets increosed 64 per cent. Figures for '49 are net yet available. Ontario Liquor Control Board Cornes Under Strong Direction The announcement of the cabinet re-orgen- ization by the new Premier of Ontario, Hon. Leslie Frost, bas particuler interest for Durham County citizens fer Major John W. Foote, V.C., M.P.P., whe represents tbia canstituency, has boen appointed Vice Chairmen, Liquor Central Board, according te e press dispatcb issued May 6th. He will serve with the new Cheirman, Col. the Hon. G. Arthur Welsh, D.S.O., Provincial Secretary in the cabinet. Tbe liquer admin- istration af Ibis province new bla te the bonds of twe veteron berees of the loto war whese high decorations indicate qualities of leadership, courage and determination needed for their new taka. The eppointment of Rev. John Foote, wbo lately received the degree of Docter of Divinity. should be bailed by Ministerial Associations af Ontario and the churcbes which continue te de- mand, elong with tbe temporence press, the lest passible administration in connection with the liquor traffic. People familier witb the work, determination and character of the twe men now et the helm will lie beartily reassured that there will le ne devieus or obscure bandling of tbe very complex taka involved. We oxpect the public wil libe kept fully informed under the new administration. Major Foot. bas spoken eut strongely in the Legisiature on some peints considered crit- icai of the policies of bis ewn party. This very quaiity ne doulit led te bis appeintment te belp handle a moat controversial problem. What bis censtituents wouid like now la a statement re- viewing the wbole question. pat and present, as e means af public information. There wili lie ne question tbat representations f rom op- ponents of any extension of the liquer traffic will new get a moat attentive and sympathetie bearing. But a cemplete statement, os we bave indicated, would be welcomed by aIl the people et this lime for public opinion la a motter te reckon with in successfully hondling the job. New Type of Young Farmers Recentiy. 36 young men were graduated frem the two-year course et the Ontario Agri- culturel College et Guelph. Practicolly ail - 33 te le exact - went lack te the farm, in meat cases their awn. In fact, accerding te roelle sources, more ogricuitural college grad- uates on a per capito basis are going bock te forma in Canada thon in ony other country. In tbe iigbt of the wornisome preblem of baw te keep the loy on the farm, these f acta are moat enceuroging indeed. They net only forecat a brigbter future for Canadien agri- culture, but con beip make Canada one of the world's moat progressive food producing nations. Some oidtimera may regard thia return of the college-bred boy te the faimn witb de- risien. Even somne parents who paid for their sen's education wili rebel wben the youngster auggests a revision of time-tried farming prac- tices. "You can't piow o field with a diploma," is an expression tee olten beord in several sections of the country. Such an attitude is non-sensical. There is much behind that diploma. There are years of intense classroom study; practical work on the lest experimental ferma on the continent; scien- tif ic research in laboratories. Yes, a diploma con plow, con sow and, moat important, cen reap. The public spiited scientificaliy-trained fermer may well become the leader in bis cemmunity ly belping salve the problema of bis less informed neighbours. If he f ails te share bis knowledge, be may as well bave net gene te achool. Can(adian Farmers Alarmed as Surplus Piles Up at Home The Canadien Federatien of Agriculture bas been submitting te the Ottawa government the strengest possible evidence of the perilous pos- ition facing Canadien fermera due te the bs af traditionol overseas markets whicb is piling up unsold surpluses et home et an aiarming rate. This situation is ailse nef lected in many items appearing in recent issues of the Rural Co-Operator, published by the Ontario Feder- otien of Agriculture. We submit seme of the items disclosed for the information of farmn roeadrs.-o etc. "Gardiner soya Canada will f ail on bacon contract with Britain." Details in ail these star- les, together with editonial comment, bing eut ihte bld relief the f ailure af Ottawa policies te support Canadien agriculture in a way Ibat wiil maintain presperity. These are things te weigh carefully in the present electien campaign. It is easier te ses other people'& short- comings thon their difficulties. The flome of Christian ethics is atili aur bigbest guide. To guard and cberisb it is aur first intereat, bath spiritually and matenially. The fulfiliment of spiritual duty in aur daily fie is vital te aur survival. Only ly lnînging it into pe rf oct application con we hope te salve for ourselves the problema of this worIlA and net of Ibis world alene. -Winsten Churchill. THE POLITICAL SCENE AS THE EDITOR VIEWS IT The Dominion generai election bas been called te tae place on Monday, June 27, 1949. Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent, who spent the Easter recess in Western Canada. found' agricultural prospects eut there se elarming that he came home te recommend almost instant dissolution of Parliament and an election et the earliest possible moment. His decision was wel- comed by the leaders of ail the parties acress the flber. The Prime Minister, after only 7 months in office, now challenges the electorate te pesa judgment on the pelicies put into effect by the regime he inherited. He is likewise challenged by only one party capable of forming o government os the alternative te the government of the day, nomely the Progressive Conser- votive Party. STATE 0F NATION These facts are now known te the electerate. What la. net se widely known are the intricacies in the national political aetup of the day, the reai stote of the notion under the policies projected by the St. Laurent gevernment and the programmes advocated by the oppesing forces in their bids for public con- fidence. It is the purpose of this column te moke known te reoders of The Statesmon, the main issues of the campaign, te present the records as found in officiai statements and f rom Hansard, and let ]udgment rest with the electorate. COLUMNS OPEN As we have stoted before, it has been our custem te pub]ish the personai atonies of local candidates, te report political meetings and permit space for views that may be presented by candidates who take a stand opposite te oui editorial convictions and te secuYe space for preper advertisements. ONE CLEAR ISSUE Se for as this column is cencerned we recognize one paramount and inter-related issue in the present cempaign; namely, the restoro tien of Canadian f rade throughout the world and the restoration of indlividual freedom te the Canadian citizen. Foliowing articles will document a case te show how both these mottera have fallen te low estate under the 14-year-old regime et Ottawa new headed by a new Prime Minister. Aside from the major issue there are ce-relative factors te be touched upon. FARM PROSPERITY The question of leadership will be discussed, the main details of policies will be examined; the record of the gevernment wili be sifted eut f rom Hansard and finally the motter of exper- ience of local candidates will be of interest te local con- stituents. The main stand te be taken in this series will lie te insist upon prosperity of the farmers of Canada as the whele basis of national prosperity. If their markets are lost-and they are being lest today-then they cannot maintain purchasing power. This will mean ciosing down factory production and in- evitable unemployment. This first article colis attention te another column in this issue which quotes the Canadian Federation of Agriculture and the Rural Co-Operator on many items of faim production piling up et home for lack of markets. What they have te say f ails in appropriately with oui insistence that restoration of Ioade is a parameunt issue of the election. But they have told only part of the story. We shahl follow through with a much more com- plete picture of this whole agriculturai dilemma now coming te an acute climax. STATESMAN'S COURSE Scarcely o week has passed since the war closed that this paper has net carried items showing the trend te an under- mining of the farmers' position. These have been supported by editorials with the intent of arousing aur readership te an under- standing of the developing situation. We have attacked Socialism and state trading, have pointed eut the immense cash loss te farmers by virtue of the semi-Socialist policies of the Ottawa gevernment, and ail the regimentation of farmers that went witb the proces.. R A E PI T E Now having stated the main line te lie taken in this series, the defence of Canadian fermersaend a revival of their traditional markets, il will net lie amiss te tell briefly some of the leoader picture that enters int the realm of consideration in this election. HOW TIMES CHANGE We turn bock te an eld-time Liberal, Winston Churchill, wbo deserted e falling Liberai regime in England te beceme the wortime savieur of Democracy and head of the Conservative party in the aid land. Af ter World War Il when Socialist Ramsay Macdonald wieided weak power, Churchilil egan o series of public warnings against the rise of forces lent on destroying democracy. He went unheeded and we plunged mbt Wonid War Il. A weakened nation then called int action the old Conservative warhorse te rescue Britain; then discarded bim for another spree of Socialism that reigna today. CONSERVA TIVE CALLED Canada rallied te Churchilî's leadership and eut of the llood-purge that cost 20 million lives and vat devastation, Canada emerged unravaged, into o period of almost outematic "lun precedented prosperity." Warning that he had leen chosen Editorial Notes Did you ever stop te tbink that whotever eny gevernment gives it fiast takes. A psychiatriat is a scientist who la always finding new evidence that the Golden Rule is the anly rule thet will work. "The Cemmunista are ight," avers The Brandon Sun. "That Atlantic Pact is designat- ed te atarI o war, about the same way on um- brella is designed te atarI a roinstorm." It la possible, assures The Brandon Sun, "that if a mon reaily takes good core af hlm- self. goes te led early and arises eorly, works hard and lives frugally ho may eern enough ta pay bis taxes." Margarine vs. Butter By Lewis Milligan Margarine is vey much in the news of laIe, aid I have had an itch te Arite somnething about it; but as it is mixed up - amoang other things-with party poli- tics I have hesitated ta venture an opinion upon the subject. On general principles I have always thought that the ban on margar- ine was an arbitrary anc and when the Supreme Court declared the ban illegal 1 .felt that democratic justice was done and an invidious class distinction rcmoved. Thus the decision et the Court providcs a Bill of Rights for this humble and despised cemmodity, and aise for the housewives who had be- came impatient with the uppis'h attitude of butter. And now that margarine has been placed on an equalitarian basis with butter, se far as the market la concerned, butter bas net only been taken down a peg, but is in danger of bcbng sup- planted by its rival. In tact, if we may personify these edibles, it looks as theugh, with the arrivai of immigrant Margarine, Lady butter bas herscîf become a dis- placed person. That is usually what bappens when yau once break down class distinction. The social order is reversed and the upper class la dominated by the iower, and thus the ideal of equality is dcfeated by sudden revolution. Equality is ail right as an ideal, but in commodities. as in societies, quality is or should be ef first importance. It is untortunate that the "celer lune" has been drawn between Butter and Margarine, but there is semething te be said for the dairy farmer's dlaim ta a prier right te, the golden hue as being the hallmark of bis product. Mereaver, the consumer at the table bas a right te be protecîed against visual deceptien. I speak from personal experience, for I bave been cruelly deceived by Ibis oleaginous mixture actually tying befare my eyes in the guise ef butter. I bave even caten il without naticing any difference. But I attribute that le my pre- occupation in a discussion on the political, ecanamic and damestic aspects ef the margarine question. During the discussion I argucd that ne one could be deceived in the malter of tastc between butter and margarine, and I was belp- ing myscîftot another spread w-ben a yeung lady remarke-d that I cvi- dent]y didn't know the difference between anc and the other. This aroused my suspicion. Could it be that I had been duped and xvas innoccntly cating and enjoying that oily substitute? I smelt it and tastcd it critically - detected the fî-aud, and cast it from me. At which the silly yeung lady said she xvas only jaking and that what I bad eaten was geod butter. But they cant ftedme that way. 1 know my 'v-butter. and I can tel! in a moment. when I examine il critically, if it is margarine. Ho-wever, t h a t experience tauglit me te be cautiaus in tbe future. While, as 1 bave said, I regarded the ban aginst margarine as arbitrary, I neyer ahd any de- sire fer the stuff persanally. If the people wan.t il, let thcm bhave it - and welcome se far as I am conccrned. 1 neyer iiked it and 1 like il now less than ever. One ef mx- reasens for leaving the Old Country was ta get away from margarine, and I bad beard that Canaaa was a land flewing with milk and boney and real butter. Margarine was ta me tbe symbal et peverty. It was tii-st made in 1870 by a French ehemist "for the benefit eft tlie poar." It is surcly net because the people et Canada are poor that they are forsaking butter and turning te margarine. Il amuses nme te bear bouse- wives cemplaining about the high price et butter wben tbey at the sanie lime pay, xithout a murmer, the far mare advanced prîces for cesmetics, bair-doos, luxuries and amusements. In ail the pratests against the bigh cast ef living, it is alway s the prices etf fod that came in fer the chiet complaint as if modern living consisted of notbîng else but eating. Witbout TOMATOES HELPED BY HORMONE SPRAY it is tbe early fruit Ibat brings the bîghest cash returns from staked tamatoes; but early fi-uit set, upon whicb early rîpening depends, is otten prevented by low night temperatures. It dees net matter bow bigh tbe tempera- turc gees during the day. Toma- tacs will flot set when the night temperature is below 59' Y., a situation that la often enceurntercd wbcn the first trusses are in tlower. The use ef plant hormone sprays on the blossoms wben the nîghts are ceai may belp ta over- came this poor setting of fruit. lt may aiso hclp te speed up the ripening process et the fruits that are set. In experiments conducted W. have been informed ai the prectise af certain individuels who have refused te go te werk on certain jobs, because they can ait et home, de abselutely nothing, and revel in the income ai their unemployment insuronce pay- ments. This, we hope. is net becoming a widely practised custom, for it could lead te a very serieus problemn in the laor picture in general. -Selkirk, Mon., Enterprise. Commenting on a wage dispute in Tarante, JL. Rutledge, choirman ai the Canadien Unity Counciu said: "Any increase in ceaI af gooda and services in this country must lie charged bock te one group-the Canadien buying pubk- lic . . . unfortqnately when laor and manage- ment get tegether te discusa waqe increoses, the people who pay the shot are usuolly ex. jcluded I romn the conference room." at the Division of Horticulture, Central Experimental Farm, Ot- tawa, plants of the Bonny Best and John Baer varieties whose blossoms wvere sprayed with a hormone, have produced up te three times as much fruit as un- treated plants during the first twa weeks of the picking season. This, says A. W. S. Huxiter et lh Division of Horticulture, ammt- ed te a yield of one and one-heM pounds instead ef only one-half pound per plant. Tne resuits vary from year to year, depending upon the weather, but the sinallex- peilditure in labeur and materiais is worth while. 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